The Tennis Thread
Discussion
McGee_22 said:
When the dust settles and flashbulbs have ceased there will some positives and negatives for Emma to come to terms with...
Positives.
No one has any doubt, including her, of her ability anymore, and more importantly, her mental fortitude.
Life at the top of the WTA Circuit and its Rankings, with all the top invitations, nice hotels and some decent earnings behind you will be a ton easier than life on the Challenger circuit and going through qualifying.
You are quite probably loved and adored by all tennis fans across the UK.
Her Majesty ER II knows who ER is and has passed on her congratulations*
Everyone and their cheque book will want a piece of you.
Negatives.
No one has any doubt of her ability and everyone will want to try and knock you off that perch.
Life on the tennis circuit at the top level is physically tough and no matter how hard you try you may need a little luck to avoid injuries.
Distractions will come thick and fast and will need managing and mostly avoiding.
Expectations will now be ever present, and you need only look at Naomi Osaka to see the effect they can have on your game, including the dark abyss that is social media.
Everyone and their cheque book will want a piece of you.
More positives though.
You have made a little bit of World Tennis History by being the only qualifier ever to get to a Grand Slam Final and then to win a Grand Slam.
You have made a huge piece of British Tennis History by only going and winning a bloody Ladies Grand Slam for the first in 44 years... in front of the last British Lady to do it too.
SPOTY is nailed on.
Well done ER, take a bow, a courtesy or even just put your feet up for a day or two, you have accomplished a trouble remarkable and in many ways almost unbelievable feat and I was really glad to have watched every single match.
An Astonishing and fabulous three weeks of tennis.
*She doesn't do that for just anyone you know.
100% agree to that - hopefully she can keep / form a decent team around her to guide her through both the ups & downs that will come during her career.Positives.
No one has any doubt, including her, of her ability anymore, and more importantly, her mental fortitude.
Life at the top of the WTA Circuit and its Rankings, with all the top invitations, nice hotels and some decent earnings behind you will be a ton easier than life on the Challenger circuit and going through qualifying.
You are quite probably loved and adored by all tennis fans across the UK.
Her Majesty ER II knows who ER is and has passed on her congratulations*
Everyone and their cheque book will want a piece of you.
Negatives.
No one has any doubt of her ability and everyone will want to try and knock you off that perch.
Life on the tennis circuit at the top level is physically tough and no matter how hard you try you may need a little luck to avoid injuries.
Distractions will come thick and fast and will need managing and mostly avoiding.
Expectations will now be ever present, and you need only look at Naomi Osaka to see the effect they can have on your game, including the dark abyss that is social media.
Everyone and their cheque book will want a piece of you.
More positives though.
You have made a little bit of World Tennis History by being the only qualifier ever to get to a Grand Slam Final and then to win a Grand Slam.
You have made a huge piece of British Tennis History by only going and winning a bloody Ladies Grand Slam for the first in 44 years... in front of the last British Lady to do it too.
SPOTY is nailed on.
Well done ER, take a bow, a courtesy or even just put your feet up for a day or two, you have accomplished a trouble remarkable and in many ways almost unbelievable feat and I was really glad to have watched every single match.
An Astonishing and fabulous three weeks of tennis.
*She doesn't do that for just anyone you know.
Overall an incredible run to win, and certainly bounced back from everything that happened earlier Wimbledon, although you get the impression from the way she talks so well in her interviews (including the one she did the day after Wimbledon) that she clearly used that moment of disappointment as a learning point to ensure it wouldn't happen again in a similar situation.
McGee_22 said:
Miocene said:
Worth mentioning that Joe Salisbury has already won the mixed and men's doubles in this US Open.
Pretty good achievement that's going pretty unnoticed due to a certain someone!
I think I did mention his Mens doubles win but yes, well done as a double Grand Slam winner in a single event to Joe.Pretty good achievement that's going pretty unnoticed due to a certain someone!
Amazing congratulations to Emma, the rally play on the games was great to see’
joshleb said:
Doubles is such a farce, does anyone really care about it?
Amazing congratulations to Emma, the rally play on the games was great to see’
Doubles is a great game to watch and a fun game to play - it also, perhaps by virtue of the fact you have a player alongside you, has far less histrionics involved in it, so yes, a lot of people care about it Amazing congratulations to Emma, the rally play on the games was great to see’
About the slide by ER, graze and subsequent injury timeout, here are the ITF rules...
InternationalTennisFederation said:
3.f. Bleeding
If a player is bleeding, the Chair Umpire must stop play as soon as possible, and the Sports Physiotherapist must be called to the court by the Chair Umpire for evaluation and treatment. The Sports Physiotherapist, in conjunction with the Tournament Doctor if appropriate, will evaluate the source of the bleeding, and will request a Medical Time-Out for treatment if necessary.
If requested by the Sports Physiotherapist and/or Tournament Doctor, the Referee in consultation with the Grand Slam Supervisor or Chair Umpire may allow up to a total of five (5) minutes to assure control of the bleeding.
If blood has spilled onto the court or its immediate vicinity, play must not resume until the blood spill has been cleaned appropriately.
So entirely correct and within the rules and ER was up and on the court again before the Umpire called 'Time'.If a player is bleeding, the Chair Umpire must stop play as soon as possible, and the Sports Physiotherapist must be called to the court by the Chair Umpire for evaluation and treatment. The Sports Physiotherapist, in conjunction with the Tournament Doctor if appropriate, will evaluate the source of the bleeding, and will request a Medical Time-Out for treatment if necessary.
If requested by the Sports Physiotherapist and/or Tournament Doctor, the Referee in consultation with the Grand Slam Supervisor or Chair Umpire may allow up to a total of five (5) minutes to assure control of the bleeding.
If blood has spilled onto the court or its immediate vicinity, play must not resume until the blood spill has been cleaned appropriately.
I suspect LF's lengthy continued rant might be shown by coaches to their players as an example of what not to do when an odd injury occurs; next time, check the rules with the umpire and then sit down, rest and compose yourself just like the injured player is doing. LF generated a lot of negativity around herself and the court with her persistence - ESPN apparently appallingly suggested it was outside the rules and a con.
Djokovic looked out of sorts yesterday and Medvedev deserved his maiden Grand Slam win.
Medvedev, Ferenandez and Raducanu's wins could provide the example to other younger players that the 'Old Guard' can be beaten and maybe help a few lift their own self belief and start challenging. Certainly the number of 3 set games and comebacks Leylah Fernandez successfully instituted shows a lot more fight than is seen in too many Ladies games at the top level.
Edited by McGee_22 on Monday 13th September 07:39
Just watched the match which I recorded from Channel 4
High quality match through most of it, and very competitive despite being a straight sets victory.
Bit surprised how partisan the US crowd were for Leylah, who isn't American, but perhaps she has connections with the USA I am not aware of.
The reaction to the injury time out was an odd one. Even if you weren't aware of the rules it is rather obvious that a player cannot compete with blood streaming down their leg. Perhaps it would have been different if Emma had fallen down, but the blood was obvious in any case. Not a good look from Leylah.
High quality match through most of it, and very competitive despite being a straight sets victory.
Bit surprised how partisan the US crowd were for Leylah, who isn't American, but perhaps she has connections with the USA I am not aware of.
The reaction to the injury time out was an odd one. Even if you weren't aware of the rules it is rather obvious that a player cannot compete with blood streaming down their leg. Perhaps it would have been different if Emma had fallen down, but the blood was obvious in any case. Not a good look from Leylah.
hing is beyond me.Looking back on it this morning I think Fernandez was just absolutely pumping with adrenaline and rational thought had rather gone away. She knew that this was it, this was the moment, do or die and suddenly it all stopped, wasn’t even the end of a game to give her a moment to consider.
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